Beautifully Bold

My younger self would be thrilled to see an older me still riding.😍⁣⁣⁣

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This past week at the women’s retreat,

something in me bigger than just the desire to ride again was awakened.

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(My husband has been informed that whatever piece of this green earth we decide to retire on, we must have horses, too.😂)⁣⁣⁣

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It takes me sometime after an event, amazing or traumatic,

to totally process it all. ⁣⁣⁣

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While I was spending time with the rest of the women at the retreat, I was so enthralled with God’s beautiful creation, the opportunity to get to ride again (I hadn’t in years), quality time with special women, and just moments to introspect.⁣⁣⁣

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But it wasn’t until I got home and have been forced to ponder on some things that my soul has been carrying that I received more clarity.⁣⁣⁣

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Some of those things I have uncovered are painful. ⁣⁣⁣

But now I see, necessary to confront, in order to do what I’ve been called to do. ⁣⁣⁣

I was made with a purpose and so were you. ⁣⁣⁣

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In spite of your history,⁣⁣⁣

In spite of your story,⁣⁣⁣

Perhaps in spite of yourself.⁣⁣⁣

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And I fully intend to help you realize that, too.⁣⁣

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I will not keep to myself,⁣⁣

I will not keep quiet,⁣⁣

I will not stay in my lane,⁣⁣

I will not aim to please those who hail meekness when we’ve been commanded to be bold.⁣⁣

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⁣If in the process, ⁣⁣

I am labeled rowdy, unruly, wild..⁣⁣

So be it. ⁣⁣

“..God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.”

2 Timothy 1:7 MSG